9 Months Today!

So this was meant to be posted last Sunday, February 8th...

Since the only interesting things about this blog have to do with Jude - I'm copying my friend Cali, who in turn copied it from her friend, who also copied it from someone else. It's a brilliant idea and brilliant ideas are meant to be shared...

My little boy Jude:



You're 9 months old today! And you're sharing this excitement with your Aunt Kristine's thirtieth birthday. (Happy Birthday Kristine!) As I sit here with bruised knees from crawling around with you all morning and bruised ribs from laughing so hard with you, I can hardly believe you're mine. Of all the babies and all the moms that Heavenly Father has created, he sent you to me. It's madness! You and I are a perfect fit.

Lately you and I have been having crawl races. For many months you would crawl like a wounded soldier, but for the last 5 weeks you've been crawling for real. And this last week you're pretty dang fast! We play hide and seek and you get so excited when you find me that you scream and crawl in a circle frantically. It's the most adorable thing in the world!



You are deathly afraid of the vacuum. Even when it's turned off, you won't go near it. It's the only thing in the entire house that you haven't explored around and studied. You even know where the vacuum lives when it's in the closet and you won't go near that closet unless the vacuum is out of it. Whenever I turn it on you tense up every muscle in your body and basically cannot function. You don't cry, but you're literally scared stiff. You're such a funny little boy.

But, you're a little bit naughty too! While I had noticed a couple little teeth marks on the top of your brand new very expensive crib, just a few days ago, when I picked you up out of your crib and you had dark paint flecks on your chin, I realized you've been grinding your bottom teeth on the part of the rail that faces you! You're like a baby beaver! But all four of your front teeth have come in so quickly that I can understand your need to soothe yourself. The trouble for me is that you don't cry when you wake up, so I just go and get you when I can hear you playing in there. So it's hard for me to catch you before you start gnawing on the crib. By the way, your shoes are a quick second choice to your crib.



You've nearly doubled in size since we brought you to Ann Arbor. You were unbelievably skinny at 4 months - and now you're a little chunk! You've got chunky little thighs and everyone says that now that you're chubbier - you look like your mom. I try not to be offended :) But you're so handsome and perfect that of course I love that anyone sees a resemblance. With that being said, sometimes your dad and I look at you and you are his spitting image.



You're the happiest boy. You love your mommy and daddy. And we love you so very much. Happy 9 months. You're ours forever and we love every minute of it.

Love Mommy (with Daddy's love too!)

Suckers

Ode to Angel! Thanks baby for prompting me to break the law! Now check out my header. Hooray!

Professional Pictures

I know I know. It's the New Year, so here's hoping I get better!

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Let me know what you think! By the way - be forewarned about the two cleavage shots and notice how much chubbier Jude is!

More soon.

New Blog Alert

2 things.

1. I started a blog using Mac stuff. It's at http://web.me.com/rochellekprice. It's so fun! I'm pretty sure all posts will be there from now on. It's easier to work on and I love everything Mac.

2. Why is the new trend to abbreviate exclamations? For example, ridic (instead of ridiculous), phenom (instead of phenomenal), fantast (instead of fantastic), you get the picture. Ok, I made up fantast, but ridic and phenom are quickly becoming everyday speech. I say it bugs. :)

A Bug's Life

Happy Halloween! I have about 900 things that I need to post about but I thought I'd first write about Halloween. I think people have given up on me anyways and only like 2 people ever check my blog these days.

So for Halloween this year Jude was the sweetest little caterpillar ever!













I was a butterfly and Barry was a lepodopterist. For those who aren't familiar with that term (AKA anyone outside of Barry's parents and siblings) a lepodopterist is a butterfly catcher. It was such a blast!













Here is what Jude was wearing under his costume. It was so cute, he kind of looked like a little burglar. That's right he can sit up! He has been for the past 2 weeks now. It's so great!















And this is when Jude almost ruined Halloween.













One of the cutest little boys in our ward here in Ann Arbor, is this little guy named Carter. Acutally he's not very little - he's more like the majority of Jude's cousins. He's about 9 months old and he could pretty much eat Jude. But Jude is definitely getting bigger - he even has a double chin!




















Our best friends from the law school, Rory and Kendra, dressed up as Weekend Update from SNL for Halloween. We helped them out as best as we could for their costume - and they won the costume contest at the Halloween party that the law school had! It was at a bar, so we couldn't bring Jude, so we didn't go. But here is the finished product:

We definitely missed our family - but we still had a great day! Happy Halloween!

About a Boy

So the last post was written the day before Jude's 4 Month appt. at the doctor. And everytime I click back on my blog, I see what I posted and I want to cry. Jude had lost a pound! He was 4 months old and while he was 90th percentile in height, he only weighed 10 lbs 10 oz! Apparently the stress of a very busy summer and a move across the country cut my milk supply way down. Jude is such a good baby that I had no idea. He still slept through the night and rarely cried and there was no way for me to know. So we started supplementing with formula and he gained 2 lbs in 10 days. It's been a few weeks now, and he's around 15 lbs by my estimation. So finally all his 3-6 month clothing is nice and snug and sooo adorable. Here's a few favorites:






We've recently started Jude on solids. We started with rice cereal of course, and this was Jude's response:



A couple weeks later we tried out green beans - and in return got this video. Keep in mind that any noise you hear is us laughing, Jude is absolutely silent:



Isn't that the funniest thing you've ever seen?! The involuntary shudder at the end is hysterical! We love him!

Happy Baby!

So when Jude was born he was a little chunk - 8 lbs 11 oz. Here's a picture to prove it:

And here he is in his going home outfit:

And 4+ months later, my little skinny boy still fits in it!


He has a doctor's appointment on Friday, so we'll see just how long this guy is. He eats alot, he's just long and skinny, I swear!

OK so here is Jude's first documented smile:


But now he has it perfected:


Ha! Two posts in one day, suckers!